Hazelcrestmikeb said:I wonder what they are putting in their soil. I know some of it is genes. But, compared to the other hybridizers in FL, their bud counts are off the chart. Michele and anyone else that communicate with them do you have any insight from them on this?????
beckygardener said:Susan - Do you have your plants in raised beds? I have used the playground sand before mixed with potting soil and it worked for me. The water flowed right through it. (For succulents.)
virginiarose said:
I still do not know why people add limestone and in what amounts and what is Florida peat? Maybe @tink3472 can explain it to us.
Betja said:Susan, regarding fertilizing with Nutricote, here is what Lyle627 told me over in his Daylilies In The Desert forum in Cubits a couple of years ago:
"I use Osmocote 18-6-12 for the beds and Nutricote 13-13-13 for the pots."
And he has absolutely gorgeous daylilies! He also said that Nutricote is also sold as Dynamite 13-13-13 and you can get Dynamite 13-13-13 from Home Depot. I just checked their website for Dynamite 13-13-13, and the price is $8.97 for a 2 lb. container, and because of a little nerve damage in my hands I need smaller containers to work with, so I'm just fine working with the 2 lb containers. I believe Nutricote is also one of the fertilizers that Bill Maryott recommends. I never got around to fertilizing other than spraying MiracleGro this last year, but I intend to follow through this time around. And what's more, it says on the Dynamite container "Feeds up to 9 months" -- YEA!!!
virginiarose said:
I recently started adding sand but only about 5%. I was shocked to read that Tom uses 20% but that might be what it takes to keep stuff from rotting around here. The cheap potting mix I was purchasing has the perlite but I was adding sand and alfalfa. It is still raining here and stuff is still rotting. Argh!!
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tink3472 said:Susan, if you have any feed and seed or any seed and garden places they usually have the bigger bags of fertilizer. Here they carry the Florikan which is the professional nutricote. Home Depot carries nutricote but it's labeled Dynamite and it's in very small containers so not worth getting if you have a lot of plants
You can see if you can find the Scott's brand or Osmocote.
I checked the Florikan website which makes nutricote to see if any places near you sell it. I don't know how close they are to you but here is a couple of places in Virginia
http://www.florikan.com/distri...
I'm not sure if they actually have retail location or not. I know here places like that do and you can buy it without an account; you could always call them and see. I looked on BFG's website and they sell the Nutricote 18-6-8 total. It seems to be a bit pricey there because I usually only pay $50-$70 per bag at BWI